Conveying device.



No. 867,995@ PATBNTED 00T. 15, 1907.

J. D. MUSSBR. GQ'NVEYING DBVIGE. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT 17 190B 2 `SHEIETS--SHBET l.

PATENTED 00T. 15, 1907.

J. D. MUSSER.

CONVEYING DEVICE.

.APPLIGATION FILED snPT.1v.19oe.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

To all .whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D, MUssER, a citizen oft e United States, residing at Easton, in the `-countjlmfit Wayne and `State oi Ohio, have inventeda new andkv useful .Conveying Device, of which the following isaM specification. l Wy, My invention relates to improvements in conveying mechanisms or devices andy it consists of the adapta-v tions shown in the accompanying'drawings and the features specifically set forth in theannexed claims.

The purpose oi my invention is to produce aconveying device that shall be positive in action, not liable to clogging and one that is adjustable as to the time its members are in action. lt is immaterial to what specific vuse the device isapplied. In the drawings it is shown as use d on a hay loader, but its cardinal features are equally applicable to threshing machine beaters, in which case the slats orbars to whichthe pivoted hooks are secured are fastened to a skeleton cylinder instead of the belts as shown in the instance used, applied to hay loaders.

In the accompanying drawings Ishow an adaptation of the features of my device tovhay loaders or kindred' devices.

Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of the driving portion ofsuch an adaptation, showing the adjustable means employed for `bringing the hooks'into action. Fig. 2 is a side view oi the upper endoi the loader showing the means used for throwing the hooks out of action, which means may be adjustable if desired, though they are shown as attached solidly to the shaft bearings. Fig. 3 illustrates a front elevation of Fig. 2 with parts broken out and removed.

In the instance shown, the conveying hooks, C, are pivoted to supports, b, which are removably secured to the cross bars orslats, B, and these bars are fastened.

to two endless belts or chains A4, which travel in unison over the rounded "sprocket pins, @projecting from the two driving wheels, F -one at each end of the shaft, A3, engaging suitably placed holes formed in the belts, A4. The belts, A4, with the attached bars, B, and hooks, C slide on a series of boards, A, forming, with the side frames, an inclined trough held together by crosspieces, A2 The trough at its lower end is supportedV on the driving shaft, A3, by means of brackets, A, that are placed immediately ins' e of the wheels, Ff, on the shaft, A3; at its upper end it supports brackets, A, which in turn form bearings for the idler shaft, A, this shaft has attached at each end wheels, F2, or sprocket wheels, that have ribs, f 2, and rims, f3, on which the belts, A4, traverse;` the wheels, F, at the bottom end, also have ribs ff, and rims, f, similar to those at the upper end. The inclined trough is suitably held at the proper inclination by any convenient connection that will hold it in operative relation to a wagon upon which the hay is to be loaded, in the usual manner.

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which hold teeth, e3, by means ofy set screws, e2; these teeth are made elastic by coils, e4, formed thereon the teeth themselves terminate near the ground so as to` rake together the hay as the loader and wagon are drawn along. The entire set of teeth may. be arranged to be' lifted out of action in any suitable manner. The loader may be drawn along a row of hay that has peenpreviously gathered by the wellknown side delivery hay rake or the loader may be used directly over the hay as mowed, when dry. l l

In order that the timing of the hooks may becon- -trolled at the bottom end of the hay loader there are provided two heads, D, which are loose on the shaft, A3, but are joined together by the circular tripping plate, d', which is riveted to the heads, D, through the projecting flanges, d. This tripping mechanism is adjustable around the axle, A3, by means of bolts, d5, which project through slots, d4, from brackets, A. The end, d2, of the curved tripping plate, d is specially bent inwards so that the toes, c', of the hooks, C, will gradually engage the plate and thus bring their hook ends, c, into action without jar or jolt. The ending edge, b, may b'e similarly formed.

At the upper end of theloader the hooks are co11- trolled by a' tripping plate, G, which is cam shaped at, g, so as to allow the hook ends, c, to fall backward and pass in under the hay; they are held in this position by the projection, gl which ends at, g2. This insures that the hay shall not be drawn downward again. lf it is desired to protect the wood romthe wear of the toeportion, c, of the hooks, C, rubbing against its yupper surface, narrow metal strips may be set into the board so `as to permit the hooks to slide thereon. The adjustable feature shown in Fig. 1. which controls the time when the hooks come into action is an important feature, especially when the invention is -used in threshing machines as a beater, in which case the hooks, C, and the slats, B, would travel concentrically around the axle, A3, (slats, B, fastened to the wheels, F) the movement of the hooks being controlled by the curved tripping plate, as described;v the point where the toes, c', would leave the plate, d, and throw the hooks out of action being determined by point, b, where the plate ends; as the plate and heads, D, are adjusted on the axle by meansof bolts, d5 the commencing and ending of the hook action is c0ntrolled as desired. When used as a threshing machine beater a suitable casing is formed around the shaft, A3, and hooks. C, so as to confine the straw within desired channels. The straw can be made to pass "ox/er or under by reversing the direction of rotation of the shaft, A3, and also reversing the hooks vand brackets on slats or bars, B. There are usually used five or six hooks, more or less, to a single bar and the size of the respective parts as shown is not to be taken as a limitation as to their proportion whatsoever.

What I claim, is,

1. In conveying mechanisms, a series of hooks, and means for moving them into collective action, in combination with adjustable means for controlling the duration of their individual activity.

2. In conveying mechanisms, a series of hooks, means for continuously moving them in collective action, in combination with other means adapted to differentially control their periods of individual activity.

3. In conveying mechanisms, a series of hooks and means for continuously moving; the entire series into collective action, in combination with adjustable means adapted to differentially throw certain of said hooks out of, ox' into, individual action.

4. In conveying mechanisms, a series oi bars, groups of pivotcd hooks secured to each bar, means for collectively moving said bars in unison and means in combination for differentially controlling the action of a group of hooks of one bar independently of other groups.

In conveying mechanisms, a series of movable hooks, means for continuously presentim.;l them to the work to 'be donc and'means adapted to confine the material being handled within desired limits, in combination with adjust able means adapted to dillerentinlly control their period of activity.

In testimony whereof I have sinned my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

.TOHN D. MUSSEIL Witnesses Taos. W. Onu, IIx-:Nur JAco'l. 

